The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-12-30

ana put on Ielt cornerstone on eacu
side, and these are often of contrast
ing colors, as olive green and gray
blue, or terra-cotta and moss green,
or black with bright coquelicot red;
milliners say six yards Of ribbon are
put in each rosette with its row
after row ofpleatings.
Tulle bonnets, in emulation of
English styles, are now worn all
winter for theatre and dress bonnets,
and roses and other flowers are their
garniture. Pale straw colored tulle
is laid in small folds along the crown
of one model, with yellow roses down
the middle CT the crown and full
putting of moss green velvet along
the brim. The Nanon bonnets of
poppy red tulle have knife-pleating
extending backward from the front
and forming full friIl over the FORE
head; black wa;ered ribbon is then
used for the stylish ten end bow on
the left side, with, tulle rosette that
covers the right, or else the bonnet
is outlined with narrower black
MORE ribbon on which are set cum
ming little butterfly bows in front
and ON the crown. Gobelin blue tulle
is similarly made with creamy rib
! hons, and pale pink tulle with moss
green ribbon and high aigrette
There are also large round hats for
evening with the brim Of shirred
tulle, and the CENTRE crown, without
lining, Is made of soft surah, or vel
vet. or else of wide sash ribbon laid
on in large folds and loops that are
graceful and careless-looking.
Very dressy hornets for light
mourning are made of black watered
silk shirrcd on cords in a cone-shap-
ed crown, edged with two torsades
or twists along the bIim, one Of the
silk and the other of China Grape, and
trimmed with crown bow of black
watered ribbon, OF Of gros grain with
watered edge, and strings of the
same. Black tulle bonnets are made
in the pleated Nanon shapes, and
trimmed with an aigrette and watered
bow. There are also dressy mourn
ing bonnets made entirely of pointed
loops of narrow watered ribbon each
pointed end finished with bead,
while other transparent bonnets are
made of silk cords joined by dull
beads or by glittering polished jet
beads strung together. English
Grape bonnets are made with the long
soft puffs fashionable in colored bon
nets, instead of the severe pleats and
folds formerly used; thus Grape
Nanon bonnet is trimmed with an
Alsacian bow of wide gros grain rib
bon, or capote OF English Grape has
the brim tucked and shirred. and the
crown without lining) is gathered
and pulled in long soft folds. The
veil Of Grape is much less used than
formerly, many ladies finding it un-
wholesome, especially when worn ov-
er the face, and very heavy when
draped behind; in some families it is
interdicted altogether, while others
wear it over the face only at the fun.
eral, having it Immediately after
ward draped to hang behind, arrang-
ing 1t in high folds as trimm ming on
q. bonnet. instead of in the fiat
smooth folds lately used. Wells of
silk-warped nuns yelling are made
up with stitched hens, and many
prefer them to Grape. Wells of Brus
sells net or of tulle are now worn
long enough to coYer the whole face.
The widows ruche of crimped white
fisse is no longer de rigueur for the
honnets OF young widows, as they
find it conspicuous, though it is re-
tanned by old ladies.
Large poke bonnets of felt with
nodding plumes, bows, loops, and
strings Of watered ribbon are worn
by little girls; these may be white
for very small girls. but for those
from eight to twelve years of age
they are usually of dark color to
match the cloth cloak with which
they are worn. Gobelin blue felt
pokes with gray ostrich tips are worn
by little girls in their walks on Fifth
Avenue, with gray blue cloth cloaks
made with the cape entirely of pleat-
ing. Terra Gotta pokes. and also
large round hats of felt. are trimmed
with gray Astrakhan or with natural